Chris and I have our differences. For one, he can hit a reliable jump shot. But one commonality we can always fall back on is our days at Temple University in Philadelphia. More specifically we can recall our days working for the student newspaper The Temple News.

Another fellow ex-Temple Newser Colin Lenton is now running his own photography studio and teaching at the very school that handed him a diploma one and a half short years ago. He interviewed Wink on his class blog about our process, what we plan on doing after we get home, and what exactly was I doing at a train station at 3 a.m.

Consider this the official opening of We Don’t Speak the Language. Don’t know why you’re here? Check our about page.

Our trip comes in two vaguely planned phases, the first has real destinations in mind, the second less so.

Completed through October, we’ll be making 10 stops on our way to Miskolc, Hungary - where we will be reassesing our funds and making some more specific choices. For purposes of this blog, we’ll be roughly alternating the lead for locations.